Alcohol, high speed, lead to fatal crash of 3 -year old girl in Brown Deer, Wisconsin.

Alcohol, high speed, lead to fatal crash of 3 -year old girl in Brown Deer, Wisconsin.

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Updated: 6:14 PM CST Feb 26, 2016

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WEBVTT REPORTS, THE CHILD WAS NOT IN A CAR SEAT. HOURS AFTER THE FATAL CRASH THAT KILLED A TODDLER, DEBRIS IS STILL STREWN ABOUT IN BROWN DEER. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE THREE ROAD WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT SURVIVE. FAMILY TELLS ME OF ANOTHER YOUNG CHILD, A BOY, BUT HE WILL BE OK. WE SPECULATE THAT SPEED AND ALCOHOL WERE INVOLVED. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THE CRASH. >> POLICE IT HAPPEN AT 9:30 P.M. THURSDAY NIGHT, A BLACK 2006 PONTIAC FOUR DOOR ON ITS SIDE IN THE ROADWAY. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS THE DRIVER WAS GOING ABOUT 90-100 MILES PER HOUR JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. NEITHER CHILD WAS IN A CAR SEAT OR WEARING A SEATBELT. THE OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLE HAVE TO BE IN A SEATBELT OR RESTRAINED IN THE CAR. CHILDREN UP TO EIGHT YEARS OR 80 POUNDS HAVE BE RESTRAINED IN A CAR SEAT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER WAS AT WORK DURING THE CRASH, AND THE CHILDREN WERE IN THE CARE OF HER BOYFRIEND. >> POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, BUT IS NOW IN CUSTODY AT THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY JAIL. PATRICK: INVESTIGATORS SAY THE

3 year old killed in fatal crash

Alcohol, high speed, lead to fatal crash of 3 -year old girl in Brown Deer, Wisconsin.